Wrestling By The Numbers: Accie ‘D’Lo Brown’ Connor‏

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TNA Wrestling has announced the release of their head road agent and producer Accie ‘D’Lo Brown’ Connor. The 42-year-old Burlington New Jersey native was signed by TNA in September of 2009 and over the past 4-years had also worked for the company in talent relations, talent development and occasionally as an in-ring performer. This was Connor’s second stint with the organization as he performed as an active wrestler from March of 2003 until July of 2004 becoming a former 1-Time TNA Tag-Team Champion with partner Gran Apollo. Connor was asked by TNA management to restructure his deal but after agreeing to the new terms was still released on July 17th.

Accie Conner is a 19-year veteran of professional wrestling who first debuted in 1994 after having been trained by Larry Sharpe, Al Snow and Jim Cornette. Performing under his real name he wrestled against Earthquake in his very first match which aired on WWE Superstars. Connor went on to compete for a couple of months for the World Wrestling Association before being signed by Smokey Mountain Wresting in September of 1994. In SMW he became known as D’Lo Brown and was the head of security for the popular tag-team The Gangstas. In August of 1995 New Jack and Mustafa Saed signed with Extreme Championship Wrestling and D’Lo Brown signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment.

After first signing with the WWE he was assigned to their developmental territory the Heartland Wrestling Association where he remained for a couple years while also making apperances on WWE television as an enhancement talent. D’Lo Brown became a regular fixed on WWE programming in 1997 as he was introduced as a member of the popular Nation Of Domination faction. Over the next 6-years with the WWE Brown would form multiple tag-teams and become a former 1-Time WWE Intercontinental Champion and 4-Time WWE European Champion. He was released from his contract in February of 2003.

After his release A.C. Connor would spend a little over a year with TNA Wrestling from 2003-2004 before joining All Japan Pro Wrestling for 2-years from 2005-2007. During this time he also competed for numerous organizations in the United Kingdom. He would resign with the WWE in June of 2008 only to be released 6-months later in what the company described as a cost cutting measure at the time. In the year 2009 Brown went on to compete with Ring Of Honor Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH and multiple independent organizations before resigning with Dixie Carter’s TNA Wrestling.

Below we look at the televised professional wrestling career of Accie ‘D’Lo Brown’ Conner by the numbers…